A few years back - or possibly longer, now - Richard Ford wrote in the LRB a delightfully scathing analysis of the selection of candidates for President. In it, he point out that we demand more demonstrated competence of someone hired to mow our lawn than we do of our candidates for POTUS. Paraphrasing, "we would at least require that the applicant for the job knows how to operate the lawn mower."
A few years back - or possibly longer, now - Richard Ford wrote in the LRB a delightfully scathing analysis of the selection of candidates for President. In it, he point out that we demand more demonstrated competence of someone hired to mow our lawn than we do of our candidates for POTUS. Paraphrasing, "we would at least require that the applicant for the job knows how to operate the lawn mower."
A few years back - or possibly longer, now - Richard Ford wrote in the LRB a delightfully scathing analysis of the selection of candidates for President. In it, he point out that we demand more demonstrated competence of someone hired to mow our lawn than we do of our candidates for POTUS. Paraphrasing, "we would at least require that the applicant for the job knows how to operate the lawn mower."
Spot on. This is a separate problem, but yes, this problem is writ large almost every single politician I can think of. ЁЯШЕ